Updated for September 2026
The Best Zoos in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
How this list is ordered: by how complete our listing is — how much we hold on opening hours, ticket prices, accreditation, photographs, animals and facilities. It is a measure of our own coverage, not a judgement of the venue. We hold no visitor scores or conservation assessments, so “best” here means every zoo in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern that qualifies for the list, fullest entry first.
Listed alphabetically
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Animal encounterChild friendlyGuided tour
Rostock Zoo
Zoo in Rostock
Fifty-six hectares of the Barnstorfer Wald hold about 6,500 animals of 500 species, making this the largest zoo on Germany's Baltic shore. The state tourism board's family-friendly quality mark has been awarded repeatedly. In 2020 Anthony Sheridan named it Europe's best zoo in the half-million-to-million visitor category, for the third year running.
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Keeper talk or showPlaygroundEducation program
Tierpark Ueckermünde
Zoo in Ueckermünde
The park covers roughly 18 hectares and holds about 400 animals in around 100 species, with historic structures including a windmill and a drawbridge standing within the grounds. More than 100,000 people visit each year, about a tenth of them Polish. The zoo has responded with Polish-language leaflets, signage and an information telephone line.
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Keeper talk or showOn-site diningParking
Zoo Stralsund
Zoo in Stralsund
The park was recognised as a zoological garden in 2005 but kept its older name. Its grounds contain an original farmer-burgher house, moved there from elsewhere, and a rebuilt mill.
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Keeper talk or showChild friendlyNight and evening opening
Zoologischer Garten Schwerin
Zoo in Schwerin
About 25 hectares lie between the southern shore of Lake Schwerin, the Fauler See and the Großer Dreesch estate. The zoo is operated as a non-profit limited company, and recent annual attendance has been above 200,000.
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Müritzeum
Zoo & Aquarium in Waren (Müritz)
Displays cover about 2,300 square metres and deal with nature, the environment, and regional and collection history. They are divided into a bird world, forest and nature, an aquarium landscape and a museum garden. The state natural history collections belong to a non-profit company set up at Waren on 1 January 2007.
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Child friendlyEducation programParking
Tiergarten Neustrelitz
Zoo in Neustrelitz
Tiergarten Neustrelitz is a zoo in Neustrelitz, Germany. Animals on show include Griechische Landschildkröte, Berberaffe, Stinktier, Stachelschwein and Frettchen.
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PlaygroundOn-site diningRides and attractions
Tierpark Wismar
Zoo in Wismar
The long, largely wooded site lies in the Köppernitz valley and adjoins the Bürgerpark, venue of the state garden show in 2002.
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Keeper talk or showEducation programOn-site dining
Tierpark Wolgast
Zoo in Wolgast
Roughly ten hectares of woodland lie on the northern edge of the town. About 400 animals of 52 species are on view. Proximity to the Polish border brings a growing share of Polish visitors.
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Petting zooOvernight stayGuided tour
Wildpark-MV
Zoo in Güstrow
It lies east of the town and south of the Nebel, within 200 hectares of parkland. Animals on show include Wölfe, Bären, Luchse, Eulen and Frettchen.
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Wheelchair accessible routes
Deutsches Meeresmuseum
Zoo in Stralsund
Deutsches Meeresmuseum is a zoo in Stralsund, Germany.
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Keeper talk or showChild friendlyParking
Tigerpark Dassow
Zoo in Dassow
Owned by the Farell family, the park covers five hectares and holds 19 big cats, 14 tigers and five lions. Besides the cats it keeps dromedaries, alpacas, llamas, ponies, donkeys and goats.
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PlaygroundGuided tourParking
Tropenzoo Bansin
Zoo in Heringsdorf
Around 150 mainly exotic animals of 50 species are kept, among them iguanas, snakes, birds and monkeys, housed mostly in two halls with a few outdoor pens. It describes itself as the country's smallest genuine zoo and takes part in the European breeding programme for Geoffroy's marmoset. It also acts as a rescue centre for tortoises and exotic animals confiscated by customs at the Polish border.
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Keeper talk or showParking
Vogelpark Marlow
Zoo in Marlow
Enclosures are grouped by theme, often mixing species that share a continent and a habitat. The stated aim is to let visitors approach the animals closely without disturbing them, delivered through a large number of walk-in enclosures. The park sits in the Vorpommern-Rügen district of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, not far from Rostock and Stralsund.
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Darwineum
Zoo in Rostock
Opened in September 2012, it pairs a museum display with living animals, housing over 80 animal species across 20,000 square metres. Two interactive galleries cover biodiversity and evolution, and the species kept include western lowland gorilla, Bornean orangutan, ring-tailed lemur, pygmy marmoset, echidna, mudskipper and axolotl. Construction cost 28.94 million euros, the largest such project in the Rostock zoo's history.
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View all Mecklenburg-Vorpommern listingsOur ranking methodology
This is not a ranking. The 14 venues above are listed alphabetically by name, the same order used throughout this site. We do not collect visitor reviews, star ratings, ticket-sales figures or a conservation-impact score, so none of those exist here to rank by — “best” in this page’s title means every venue that qualifies for this list, not first-to-last by quality. If we ever add a data source robust enough to support an honest ranking, this note and the order above will change together.